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apple trees; the same distance on the south is a row of Duchess. 

 The apple trees were planted just where I wanted the pine hedge. I 

 thought I had sacrificed the fruit trees for the evergreens, but to 

 my surprise those apple trees are the most productive and, to all 

 appearance, the most healthy of all on the farm, 3-ielding annually 

 about a barrel of fruit per tree. Many people visit this hedge, ad- 

 miring its beauty, especially when the fruit trees are in bloom — also 

 when the apples are ripe— and are taught a valuable lesson concern- 

 ing evergreens. 



The Scotch pine deserves second position as a windbreak and 

 evergreen for general planting, being with vis a rapid and strong 

 grower, safelj^ transplanted, standing extreme drought without inju- 

 ry. It is especially valuable where stock are allowed to run amongst 

 them, for the limbs are large and strong, not easily broken and will 

 remain thrifty without branches on the lower trunk, an exception 

 in that respect to most evergreens. The arbor vitse, or white cedar> 

 and hemlock have suffered badly with drought and are only valuable 

 for ornamental hedges and lawns and should not be planted too 

 near other gross feeding deciduous trees, which rob them of moist- 

 ure. They are at home in moist, rich soil, but under favorable con- 

 ditions will thrive on most lands where other trees will grow. 

 The white and black spruce make beautiful trees, enduring the 

 drought fairly well, but will not stand close planting, as in a hedgei 

 and should not be recommended for that purpose, because the pines 

 are much their superior for practical hedges. 



The native red cedar and trailing juniper make handsome lawn 

 trees when properly trimmed and trained, much better than many 

 of the high priced novelties sold by the unknown, nomadic "tree 

 shark," who guarantees them to grow just as perfect as the picture 

 he shows. I saw several such delivered (to my neighbors, of course,) 

 which cost $5.00 per pair and worth about 5 cents. If the fellows 

 who bought these thorough-bred, pedigreed trees under an assumed 

 name, had invested their |5.00 with some reliable grower of ever- 

 green seedlings or even forest stock, the}' could have bought 1,000 

 assorted trees twelve inches high, which if planted in some moist 

 and shady place, closelj' set and transplanted in two years into 

 nursery rows would soon have given an abundance of evergreens 

 to plant and some to " turn off." 



Many make a mistake in setting hedges too near their buildings 

 and orchards on our prairies without a snow-break, which should 

 be a double row of pines set eight feet each way and twenty or thirt}- 

 rods be3''ond the windbreak. The two make an ideal combination) 

 securing almost perfect protection from snow drifts and winds. 

 Don't forget to plant evergreens earl}' next spring, selecting a damp, 

 cloudy day to tnove theua, buying trees from j'our neighbor who has 

 some to sell. Leave as much earth as possible on the roots when 

 taken up, not allowing the sun to shine on them at all, remember- 

 ing that an evergreen with dry roots is as dead as an Egyptian 

 mummy, and that circulation cannot be restored, because the sap 

 becomes a thick resin by exposure to the sun for a verj' short time- 

 Keep them well mulched. If future generations forget the planter, 

 they will not forget the planting as they enjoy the trees. 



